SUPERVISOR

supervisor

(noun) one who supervises or has charge and direction of

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

supervisor (plural supervisors)

(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.

A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.

(US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.

(computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Su`per*vis"or, n.

1. One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

2. A spectator; a looker-on. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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